hD in Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Madrid UPM, I worked at research institutions in Madrid, CIB and CNB, and at the University of Kentucky, USA. Currently I work as Research Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council CSIC at the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB in Bellaterra, Barcelona. My scientific activity focuses on the control of plant virus diseases.